[Pkg-utopia-maintainers] Bug#501576: [Fwd: Re: PK: suid binaries, libpolkit]

[Martin Pitt]

Michael Biebl [2008-10-08 22:47 +0200]:
> Brings me back to the initial question: Could libpolkit be changed to  
> work without those files being installed?

I think it can. It should just answer with "NO" when policykit is not
installed, PolicyKit.conf is invalid, or absent (users could just
remove the conffile, which is legitimate).

Although fixing PolicyKit for this case should be possible, it would
be a rather intrusive patch, and given its security sensitive nature,
I'd rather not remove its defences in a hurry.

I think it is appropriate to make ConsoleKit work if PolityKit
initialization fails. In that case it should just disable the
reboot/halt functionality, just as if it would have been compiled
without PK support in the first place. I created an upstream bug with
a patch at https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20876 .

Martin

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